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Five places, 29 stories

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Start with CeahlăuAll 29 stories

We are delighted to present you with ideas for a trip among the historical and traditional landmarks of Neamt County, among nature wonders, sports and leisure activities, and culinary experiences that you can only find in this part of the country.

You will enjoy unique, unforgettable experiences every time, since Neamț County is like a well of wonders. At the end of the trip, the fascinating natural settings, the bounty of cultural and spiritual elements, the many legends, traditions and historical testimonies will be completed by your own perception about the destination, which will go beyond the five senses. Each traveller, depending of his or her own aesthetic beliefs, gets to experience these lands in a very personal way. To put it in other words, Neamț is like a mirror: always the same, but whoever looks, sees something different.

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The stones of Ceahlău

Five rocks, five stories

  1. Dochia’s RockDochia’s RockThis legend, full of parables, tells us about Dochia’s Rock. It seems to be the result of the punishment of a mean and freakish old hag, whose end is related, year after year, to the coming…Read the story
  2. The Water RockThe Water RockMany a fog, rain, wind, and snow were driven onto Ceahlău, but as many the overflowing lights, the beams of rays in the clear sky and of its passionate prince.Read the story
  3. The Thunderstruck RocksThe Thunderstruck RocksIn a long forgotten past, at the foot of his Mount Ceahlău there lived a boyar. He was so rich that he himself lost track of his countless and endless fortune.Read the story
  4. PanaghiaPanaghiaPanaghia is said not to have been a rock from the very beginning, but a frail little girl, born – poor thing – in a hamlet at the foot of Mount Ceahlău, in some poverty-stricken people’s…Read the story
  5. StănileleStănileleEver since the Creation, God meant Ceahlău to be the mountain of praying and grazing.Read the story

Five places

All the stories

Legends of Ceahlău Massif

12 stories
  1. Baba Dochia and MărțișorLegend4 min readThis legend, full of parables, tells us about Dochia’s Rock. It seems to be the result of the punishment of a mean and freakish old hag, whose end is related, year after year, to the coming…
  2. The Water RockLegend4 min readMany a fog, rain, wind, and snow were driven onto Ceahlău, but as many the overflowing lights, the beams of rays in the clear sky and of its passionate prince.
  3. Dochia and TrajanLegend4 min readThis is another legend that was past down us about Dochia’s rock in Ceahlău, ever since the terrible Dacian – Roman war in 105-106 A.D.
  4. The Thunderstruck RocksLegend4 min readIn a long forgotten past, at the foot of his Mount Ceahlău there lived a boyar. He was so rich that he himself lost track of his countless and endless fortune.
  5. PanaghiaLegend4 min readPanaghia is said not to have been a rock from the very beginning, but a frail little girl, born – poor thing – in a hamlet at the foot of Mount Ceahlău, in some poverty-stricken people’s…
  6. Butu and AnaLegend4 min readIn a dim past, some six centuries ago, in Moldavia there was a ruler, a very worthy voivode in his deeds and gentle in tongue, who remained in the people’s minds as Alexandru cel Bune [the…
  7. Dochia, Trajan and CobalLegend4 min readWho has not heard of the brave Dacian king, Decebal and the great Roman emperor Trajan?
  8. StănileleLegend4 min readEver since the Creation, God meant Ceahlău to be the mountain of praying and grazing.
  9. Cilu-CilihoiulLegend4 min readOn the forever green and abundant land Old Ceahlău guards and mother Bistrița waters, in a dim past, there lived a brave man, chieftain of the people in this part of the country.
  10. Stephen the Great in CeahlăuLegend4 min readIn the summer of 1476, when the battle of Războieni from Neamț was fought, Turks had entered the country like a hoard or a swarm of locusts…
  11. CeahlăuDescriptionby Alexandru Vlahuță4 min read
  12. SummerPoemby George Coșbuc1 min read“At the splendour of the sky, / I could see Ceahlău westward,

Legends of Neamț Fortress

7 stories
  1. Neamț FortressPoemby George Coșbuc5 min read
  2. Neamț FortressDescriptionby Alexandru Vlahuță4 min read
  3. Neamț FortressExcerptby Mihail Sadoveanu
  4. The Mother of Stephen the GreatPoemby Dimitrie Bolintineanu2 min readOn a dark old mountain, in an ancient keep / Where a brook flows rushing in the valley deep,
  5. Sobieski and the RomaniansLegendby Costache Negruzzi10 min read
  6. The Story of Lady RuxandraLegend2 min readLady Ruxandra, the daughter of Vasile Lupu (1634-1653) the ruler of Moldavia was forced by her father to marry Timus Hmelnitchi, the son of the ruling Cossacks.
  7. The Fountain of Neamț FortressLegend1 min readTourists visiting the Neamț Fortress can’t help but notice inside the fortress the presence of a fountain located right in the middle of the medieval courtyard.

Legends of Hangu Commune

6 stories
  1. Hangu CommuneDescription2 min readHangu commune, an ancient Romanian settlement, commissioned on the 13th of February 1458, in the document issued by the Chancellery of the ruler Stephen the Great, is situated on the…
  2. Wise Old LazarusLegend4 min readLegend talks about the times when the Mongol hordes invaded Hangu. According to their custom, they robbed and set fire to houses, churches and the Prince’s Palace.
  3. The Treasure from AltanLegend2 min readDuring the times when nomadic nations invaded the Romanian places, it is said that a crowd of these nomads, known as the Pechenegs, arrived in these lands, setting up camp in a place now…
  4. The Legend of Audia Village (1)Legend1 min readDuring the barbarian invasions, many inhabitants fled from the invaders so as not to be killed or enslaved.
  5. The Legend of Audia Village (2)Legend1 min readLong ago, when migratory hordes came from the east and invaded the lands inhabited by Romanians, robbing, burning and killing them, a very rich woman from those places, took her wealth and…
  6. The Monk’s MoundLegend1 min readOn Calea Mare, in the place called Boulețul Mic, there is Movila Călugărului (the Monk’s Mound), a hill made up of earth and branches.

Ancuța’s Inn

2 stories
  1. Ancuța’s InnPresentation4 min readAncuța’s Inn is a renowned place where you find the authentic Moldavian cuisine and enjoy the best quality natural food, directly from the local farms, with an incomparable taste.
  2. Vodă’s MareExcerptby Mihail Sadoveanu

River Bistrița’s Valley

2 stories
  1. Piatra Teiului, Known as the Devil’s RockLegend4 min readA long, long time ago, I don’t know how things were, but for some time people began forgetting about the rules – that Our Lord, the Creator of the world, made – rules of a good and pious…
  2. By Raft from Dorna to PiatraDescriptionby Alexandru Vlahuță3 min read

The places of the stories

Ceahlău National ParkSee the placeNeamț FortressSee the placeAncuța’s InnSee the placeLake Izvorul MunteluiSee the place